25.04.13 Thursday Morning

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Football

After Germany thrashed Spain 8-1 in the Champions League this week, attentions turn to the Europa League tonight as Chelsea travel to Basel and Fenerbahce face Benfica.

Basle dumped Tottenham out in the last round and will prove stiff competition, but will the Blues’ wealth of European experience prove to be the difference?

Our Supremacy price is Chelsea/Basel (h) 0.1-0.3 while are fixed odds prices have Chelsea 11/8 for the win, Basel 2/1 and the draw 9/4.

In the Premier League, Manchester City start things off on Saturday, hosting West Ham in Saturday’s 12.45pm match. Will the Hammers face a backlash against Roberto Mancini’s side after the Citizens surrendered their Premier League crown to their city rivals? Our Supremacy quote is Man City/WHU 1.75-1.95.

There are four 3pm kick offs this week, all of which are covered in-running; Everton v Fulham (Eve/Ful 1.1-1.3), Southampton v West Brom (Sou/WBA 0.55-0.75), Stoke v Norwich (Sto/Nor 0.35-0.55) and Wigan v Tottenham (Tot/Wig 0.45-0.65).

In the 5.30pm match Newcastle host Liverpool at St James’ Park. Total Goal Minutes settled at 225 as the Reds left it late to snatch a point against Chelsea. Our TGM’s quote is this one is currently 141-151.

At 1.30pm on Sunday the bottom two sides go head-to-head. QPR have lost their last two, while hosts Reading have not had a league victory since since January. We have QPR at 9/5 for the win, with the Royals at 6/4 and the draw 9/4.

Chelsea and Swansea meet in the 3pm fixture. Three of the last four meetings between these sides have ended in a draw. Will this go the same way? Our Supremacy quote is Chelsea/Swansea 1.5-1.7.

Newly-crowned Premier League Champions Man Utd travel to London in the 4pm game as they take on Arsenal. The Red Devils put three past Villa to confirm their status as Champions. We’re quoting their Total Goals at 1.25-1.45 in this one.

 

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See all our latest football spread betting and football fixed odds betting prices here. 


Snooker

The 2013 World Snooker Championship is now well underway at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

Ronnie O’Sullivan made a winning return to action after a near year-long absence with a victory over Marcus Campbell. He now takes on Ali Carter in the second round. Our 10-3 Supremacy quote is O’Sullivan/Carter 9-12.

Elsewhere, the Jester from Leicester, Mark Selby, meets fifteenth seed Barry Hawkins. Selby is currently 2/7 to progress while Hawkins is 5/2.

In the battle of the giant-killers, Michael White, who knocked out Mark Williams, takes on Dechawat Poomjaeng, who knocked out Stephen Maguire. We have the 10-3 Supremacy White/Poomjaeng 5.5-8.5

Click here to see all our latest Snooker spread betting and Snooker fixed odds prices. 


Rugby

It’s semi-final time this weekend in the Heineken Cup with Clermont playing Munster in Montpellier on Saturday and Saracens taking on Toulon – and Jonny Wilkinson – at Twickenham on Sunday.

Our Supremacy prices are Clermont/Munster 11-14 while our traders can’t split Saracens or Toulon with the Supremacy price choice -1.5-1.5.

In terms of the fixed odds outright prices to win the competition, we have Clermont 5/6, Saracens and Toulon both 7/2 and Munster 8/1.

Ahead of those games, Perpignan and Stade Francais battle it out in the all-French semi-final of the Amlin Challenge Cup tomorrow (Friday). Who will book their place in next month’s Dublin final? We have Perpignan at 3/10 for the win, with Stade Francais at 5/2.

Switching codes, our live coverage in the Super League this week gets underway on Friday as Widnes and Wakefield lock horns. The Vikings triumphed 22-18 when they last met back in September. Our Supremacy quote here is Widnes/Wakefield 1-4.

We will also be covering the rest of the weekend’s action including RaboDirect Pro 12 games along with the NRL and the Super Rugby.

Click here to see all our latest rugby spread betting and rugby fixed odds prices. 


Darts

As usual we will have in-running prices on all six the Premier League clashes. Tonight’s (Thursday’s) action comes from Birmingham.

The highlights this week include Simon Whitlock taking on Michael van Gerwen, where our Total 180’s quote is 6.3-6.8 and Raymond van Barneveld v James Wade, where our 10-3 Supremacy quote is 1.5 choice.

The other matches include Taylor v Lewis, Thornton v Hamilton, van Barneveld v Wade, Taylor v Whitlock and Lewis v Thornton.

Click here to see all our latest darts spread betting and darts fixed odds prices. 


Golf

The US Tour this week comes from the TPC Louisiana Golf Club for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Justin Rose leads the way in the betting, but is closely followed by Keegan Bradley, Bubba Watson and Jason Dufner.

On the European tour Louis Oosthuizen makes his debut in the Ballantine’s Championship. Will it be first time lucky or will the winner come from a chasing pack that includes Alexander Noren, Thongchai Jaidee and David Howell to name but a few.

Click here to see our golf spread betting and golf fixed odds betting prices.


F1

The next race may not be for a few weeks yet, but now the season is developing what better time to look at our long term markets.

Vettel leads the way in the Driver’s Championship with a quote of 42-45. We also have Alonso at 34-37, Raikkonen at 30-33, Hamilton at 15-18 and Button 7-10.

In the Constructors Championship Red Bull are out in front with a quote of 40-43, with Ferrari 29-32, Lotus 19-22 and Mercedes 11-14.  

Click here to see all our latest F1 spread betting and F1 fixed odds betting prices. 

Other sports

Elsewhere, there will also be prices on the NBA, MLB, the ATP Barcelona and the Indian Premier League.